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April 11, 2017

12:00 PM ET - 1:00 PM ET

Virtual Only

Add to Calendar2017-04-11 12:00:002017-04-11 12:00:00Patent Quality Chat - Webinar
Topic: Examination Time Analysis
The USPTO’s Patent Quality Chat webinar series continues in April we discuss "Examination Time Analysis,” the USPTO’s initiative to conduct a comprehensive study of examination time. Examination time goals vary by technology and represent the average amount of time that a patent examiner is expected to spend examining an application. In this webinar, our speakers will be presenting the use of examination time goals in the production system, answering your questions, and collecting your feedback (via patentquality@uspto.gov) on how these goals can reflect stakeholders’ interests regarding quality, pendency, and cost for services.
You are encouraged to join the chat to hear about patent examination time goals and to share your interests and priorities with respect to examination time goals and quality, pendency, and cost for services. As a part of USPTO’s continuous quality improvement efforts, we plan to use the feedback to help ensure examination time goals accurately reflect the amount of time needed by examiners to conduct quality examination in a manner that responds to stakeholders’ interests.
Virtual Only
United States
Virtual Only
United States
Virtual OnlyAmerica/New_Yorkpublic

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January 10, 2019

2:00 PM ET-3:00 PM ET

Virtual Only

Add to Calendar2019-01-10 14:00:002019-01-10 14:00:00Learn about Revised Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance – Webinar
If you are prosecuting a patent applications or are interested in statutory compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 101, don’t miss this opportunity to learn about recently-issued guidance implementing changes to USPTO procedures for determining subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for claims in patents and patent applications. Attend via WebEx; no registration is necessary.
The USPTO’s Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy Bob Bahr and Senior Legal Advisor Matthew Sked will discuss the revised guidance and the changes it makes to how USPTO personnel apply the first step of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Alice/Mayo test (Step 2A in Office guidance) for subject matter eligibility. Please send your input and questions to patentquality@uspto.gov (link sends e-mail) before and during the event.
The revised guidance creates a new inquiry in Step 2A, in which a claim is not “directed to” a recited judicial exception if the claim integrates the judicial exception into a practical application. The revised guidance also groups the types of subject matter that are considered abstract ideas and directs office personnel to use these groupings to identify abstract ideas in revised Step 2A. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and answering your questions about this revised guidance. The guidance was published in the Federal Register [84 FR 50] (link is external) January 7, 2019
This webinar is part of the Patent Quality Chat series; slides and a video recording will be made available after the event.
Virtual Only
United States
Virtual Only
United States
Virtual Only America/New_Yorkpublic

Patent Quality Chat - Webinar

Topic: Examination Time Analysis

The USPTO’s Patent Quality Chat webinar series continues in April we discuss "Examination Time Analysis,” the USPTO’s initiative to conduct a comprehensive study of examination time. Examination time goals vary by technology and represent the average amount of time that a patent examiner is expected to spend examining an application. In this webinar, our speakers will be presenting the use of examination time goals in the production system, answering your questions, and collecting your feedback (via patentquality@uspto.gov) on how these goals can reflect stakeholders’ interests regarding quality, pendency, and cost for services.

You are encouraged to join the chat to hear about patent examination time goals and to share your interests and priorities with respect to examination time goals and quality, pendency, and cost for services. As a part of USPTO’s continuous quality improvement efforts, we plan to use the feedback to help ensure examination time goals accurately reflect the amount of time needed by examiners to conduct quality examination in a manner that responds to stakeholders’ interests.